By Chuck Carey
TAKE THAT HILL!
This article is the second in a series about playing Flames of War solitaire. The first article, Action at Fritz’s Farm, featured a simple scenario whereby a lone HMG defended against a platoon of infantry. This scenario kicks things up a bit by expanding the number of teams and by introducing a bit of strategy into the play.
Action at Fritz’s Hill
It’s 1944, and the Germans on the Eastern Front are trying to keep from being overrun by the Soviet juggernaut. Leutnant Fritz and his platoon of grenadiers have been ordered to hold Hill 101 just long enough for their mates to fall back to a more defensible position. Meanwhile, Kapitan Ivan and his strelkovy company, with help from a mortar company, have been ordered to “Take that hill!”
The Lists (from Grey Wolf and Red Bear)
Grenadier Platoon (Confident Veteran)
155 7x Rifle/MG team
70 2x MG42 HMG teams
225 pts
Strelkovy Company (Confident Trained)
350 15x Rifle/MG team + 7x SMG team
95 6x 82-BM 41 mortar + 1x Rifles
445 pts
You will notice that the attackers get approximately twice as many points as the defenders. Offsetting this imbalance is the fact that the defenders are dug in and gone to ground while the burden of performance is on the attackers.
The Setup.
Earlier in the war, Kapitan Ivan would have charged at the enemy recklessly and hoped that enough of his men survived to take the objective. But Ivan is a fearless conscript no more; he has learned to fight a bit more craftily over the years. Consequently, he decides to deploy his platoons separately instead of collectively. 1st Platoon will demonstrate in front of the hill while 2nd Platoon attempts to outflank the hill to the left. Meanwhile, 3rd Platoon, armed with SMGs, will approach the hill through the woods on the right and deliver the company’s main attack. The six mortars will attempt to keep the Nazis pinned down while the three platoons complete their maneuvers so as to hold down casualties to a minimum.
Meanwhile, Leutnant Fritz has positioned his HMGs so that they can rake the field from one patch of woods to the other. His grenadiers are placed so that they can bring maximum fire to bear on the Commies as they advance.
The Germans are dug in on top of Hill 101, aka Fritz's Hill.
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TAKE THAT HILL!
This article is the second in a series about playing Flames of War solitaire. The first article, Action at Fritz’s Farm, featured a simple scenario whereby a lone HMG defended against a platoon of infantry. This scenario kicks things up a bit by expanding the number of teams and by introducing a bit of strategy into the play.
Action at Fritz’s Hill
It’s 1944, and the Germans on the Eastern Front are trying to keep from being overrun by the Soviet juggernaut. Leutnant Fritz and his platoon of grenadiers have been ordered to hold Hill 101 just long enough for their mates to fall back to a more defensible position. Meanwhile, Kapitan Ivan and his strelkovy company, with help from a mortar company, have been ordered to “Take that hill!”
The Lists (from Grey Wolf and Red Bear)
Grenadier Platoon (Confident Veteran)
155 7x Rifle/MG team
70 2x MG42 HMG teams
225 pts
Strelkovy Company (Confident Trained)
350 15x Rifle/MG team + 7x SMG team
95 6x 82-BM 41 mortar + 1x Rifles
445 pts
You will notice that the attackers get approximately twice as many points as the defenders. Offsetting this imbalance is the fact that the defenders are dug in and gone to ground while the burden of performance is on the attackers.
The Setup.
Earlier in the war, Kapitan Ivan would have charged at the enemy recklessly and hoped that enough of his men survived to take the objective. But Ivan is a fearless conscript no more; he has learned to fight a bit more craftily over the years. Consequently, he decides to deploy his platoons separately instead of collectively. 1st Platoon will demonstrate in front of the hill while 2nd Platoon attempts to outflank the hill to the left. Meanwhile, 3rd Platoon, armed with SMGs, will approach the hill through the woods on the right and deliver the company’s main attack. The six mortars will attempt to keep the Nazis pinned down while the three platoons complete their maneuvers so as to hold down casualties to a minimum.
Meanwhile, Leutnant Fritz has positioned his HMGs so that they can rake the field from one patch of woods to the other. His grenadiers are placed so that they can bring maximum fire to bear on the Commies as they advance.
